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This year in my life i’ve had more holidays during an academic year than the previous 11 put together.Reason being simple that i blew the fuse on my left year(literally).Along with having a congenital nasalseptum deviation(commonly known as "blunt nose").The doctor dropped his scope after having a peek into my ears.He told home minister(A.K.A mom) that my Public response department(Ears) had been badly hampered and something had to done about it(A.ka. surgery). Before i go into the details might as well explain a few details:- I’ve always been a curious child since birth(I"ll spare the details for later texts).So,i watched a lot of discovery,animal planet,national geographic and most profoundly Reality T.V.Although now my cable connection is gone,i still remember a lot of what i watched.I’m very close to my mom and so is she with me.We are so close that during the parents teacher meeting ,all parents were staring murderously at my moms face for gigling at a little joke i had just broke about a teacher.We always talk like friends about all issues .She is also my personalmentor in life because of the way she handles it. Returning to the topic:-mom was worried .Just to ease the tension i started describing a complex surgery where the doctors would oprn my ears and empty mr ear drums and attach a small socket to the back of my ears.Here, as i wonderfully described ,i would have to connect a headphone much like in an mp3 player or an walkman.My mom went so pale that for a moment i thought she was an europian .The color returned as i told her that nothing of the sort would happen. The Flight to india:- As we stay in dubai ,the tickets to india are quite difficult to get ,easpecially to cochin(in kerala) in the starting of the month of june.We bought return tickets somehow in the crunch.We were to fly Air india express(Newly started budget airlines).The flight was the funniest i had ever taken.As soon as you are on the flight you have a feeling that the flight is lighter than you are.It rocks from one side to another.Being a budget airline they dont offer anything onboard except the complimentary coffee and a mini snack-box.Recently i had been to a creative writing competition in Our Own English school.They were sposored by macdoanalds.Guess what they served at the end of it?A kachouri(fried Balls of floar filled with veggies) and orange juice.The khachouris looked like distant cousins of a cricket balls.Well the ones served on board would humble the cricket balls.Its a good thing that i like milk .Think of it if i were a lactose intolerent,my tooth would have given away after the first bite.The landing was the best part.As left the upper atmosphere and descended back to earth.We received two jolts which were to make one understand why there were airsickness bags on the airplane.As we further descended towards the runway the pas turned on ,we might expect a "slight turbulance".This was followed by 2 more jumps in which i was sure i had floated around for atleast a minute or more.Finally i breathed a sigh of releif as we touched ground.I knelt down and kissed the ground not only because i am an patriotic indian but also because i was excited to beleive i was still alive. The hospital:- We had prearranged an appointment(funnily we keralites have broken the word down into two,"appans" ointment literally daddy ointment).We tok a car to the hospital.After sitting in cars in dubai the indian cars were like bullock carts without the promise that they will never stop.We hindus being cow worshippers have replaced the horse power(hp) with cow power(cp).So thats why we still have ambassadors.An ambassador if introduced into american market would do wonders.Although built for only 4 or 5 people it easily fits in about 8 people without anyone being uncomfortable.I once recall sitting in mybalcony and count 16 prople get out of one.The hospitals in india are world class.Maybe 10 years before U.S was the safest option on any patients list .But today americans travel to india for getting surgeries done ,as it is low cost as well as a reliable.We took the green channel as my dad had contacts with someone on the inside.The doctor took a look, ordered a few scans and teats and told mr to come back the next day.Interesting pace huh!Well it was just because we were NRI’s we had such a fast diagnosis ,those people outside were having some day.The room was on the 7th floor and the lift was oput of service.For a 90+ guy this was the time of his life. I must have atleast lost a dozen kilos just climbing the stairs when i was there. Next morning,the doctor took a look and said surgery would be scheduled for the day after.The d-daya arrived and in the morning i left my room walking .I completely denied being taken in a wheel chair to the OP room.Inside i was to lie on a stretcher and kept outside the theatre just before the surgery since there was already a surgery going on.suddenly there was this scream from inside.I almost got up but he nurse pinned me down.A boy having his tonsles taken out had just woken up on the table.So much for an morale booster.The screaming subsided and some of the students came out.They winked and started talking ."Where are you from?"asked on of the students."Dubai ,You from".She said"same .which school?"."sis you?" ,"ihs(The indian high school)", "SHIT(The Indian High School-’this’ backwords it is ’shit’) huh!","You better be careful i’m going to be making the inscision".After this i stopped talking and after the surgery made sure that the first thing i do is check my nose".When anybody wakes up from anasthestia they go berserk.Flap their arms and legs and even try slapping the doctors.When i woke up i started waving madly at the doctors .They must have taught i must i have gone nutters.But the truth is that i was trying to tell them that they frorgot something in my nose.The doctor tolled me that he had stuffed cotton right to the anterior opening of my mouth a,d i wil have to breathe through my mouth for two todays after which it would be removed.Goodness what had i done to deserve this ,i was going to brathe through my mouth for two todays.Only the smart chap on top knew the answer.After two days of unspeakable torcher,my mom began "You have not taken bath in two days.Come i will bathe you?".I blushed "Come on mom i am 18 years old i can do it on my own".Nothing would budge me mom.Somehow i convinced her that i would do it on my own. My cotton filled nostrils were emptyed on third morning.It felt like some one was pulling out party crackers inside my head.Finally i was discharged. The flight back home was more comfortable than the one we took to cochin.But this time i didnt dare touching the cricket ball. The moral of the story :- Carry some refreshments of your own if your travelling any budget airlines,especially if it is air india express. How did you like this text? You have to be logged on to be able to rate and comment. Logon or Register , it won't take up more than 10 seconds of your time. Rating  Current rating is: 3 4 readers have rated this text Author's description Well i was sitting around uselessly and decided to wrie something .Well i dunno how well it has come off.By the way it is about my recent visit to india. Comments Anonymous, 18 January 2006: Good article, written very humorously. But, one word please - as is already pointed out by someone else, please don’t generalize things. I observe this as a common trait that Indians tend to take their country for granted and don’t think twice before talking about its minuses at large. India as the world would perceive would be the India that Indians would portray to the world, right? So, please be more cautious when writing about the country of your birth next time. Anonymous, 26 October 2005: Some criticism from someone whose school was rented out by the Archaeological Survey because it was too old for their tastes. Of course, most of this has been blatantly stolen (for a lack of a more accurate word) from Aditya Arun on this site. Manosij Majumdar, 26 October 2005: There are two words in the English language which are not proper nouns and are always started with upper case letters. ‘I’ and ‘God’. Think about it. Please be careful about your typing. It puts off readers from an otherwise humorous piece. jj decasey, 24 October 2005: I love it when you’re reading something and you can actually hear a voice in your head that’s seperate to your own; a different accent, a change in inflection, words you never knew before. It’s like taking a holiday without having to get off your ass. Thanks. Anonymous, 23 October 2005: You probably had a very bad experience pal!!.. But you should avoid generalizing as it is not true for all places in India..Also avoid the bugdet airlines anywhere in the world ...they are all shitty.. including US, Europe etc. Scot Savage, 23 October 2005: Humorous little tale. My greatest fear when traveling is going to a foreign hospital. Now I’m scared shitless to leave the States. |
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